A Guide to British Medieval Seals by P.D.A. Harvey

In medieval Britain the seal was once, for a few 300 years, the best way so much files have been authenticated. Seals and seal impressions are valuable as proof in difficulties of social and fiscal background, the heritage of paintings, legislation, and international relations, yet so far they've got now not been completely mentioned. during this groundbreaking paintings the authors research all kinds of seal used for authenticating records - their improvement, layout, and use - on the subject of modern files. An index of mottoes and inscriptions presents important and useful assist in making a choice on seals in different collections.

The quantity is ample with illustrations, in general depicting seals from the huge collections of The British Library and the general public checklist workplace, London. Designed to fill a long-standing hole within the literature, this lucid advent to British medieval seals is aimed toward graduate scholars, archivists, historians, and somebody attracted to medieval records and artefacts.

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